February 22, 2018

Let’s check-in on everyone’s favourite bigoted right-wing jerk, Milo Yiannopoulos. The former senior editor at alt-right site Breitbart News, Yiannopoulos gained notoriety for his offensive stances on… well, practically everything, including feminism, homosexuality,… Read more »

Authors

"Millennium hand and shrimp!" Discworld audiobooks get star-studded re-record — Tom Clayton
More Bond-related books set for 2022, with first female author at the helm — Tom Clayton
Solange unveils free library of rare works by Black artists and writers — Tom Clayton
Former MasterChef contestant's book withdrawn after plagiarism allegations — Nikki Griffiths

An inmate gets a book deal, now they want him to pay to be in jail

Taylor Sperry

If you’re a writer with a book deal, serving life in prison could cost you more than literally all of your time. According to Alexandra Alter at the New York Times,… Read more »

Five Takeaways from the PEN America Literary Awards

Michael Barron

Last night, the soon-to-be-consolidated PEN America convened at NYU’s Skirball Center to celebrate writers at its annual PEN America Literary Awards. The organization’s website explains: “Since 1963, the PEN America Literary Awards… Read more »

Amazon plans to help online publishers in a way that overwhelmingly benefits Amazon (thanks?)

Peter Clark

As revenue from digital advertising remains low for everyone except Facebook and Google, magazines and bloggers are struggling to find ways to stay afloat. Last week, we detailed Salon’s clever initiative offer… Read more »

Melville House Books

Milo Yiannopoulos’s lawsuit against his publisher goes down in flames

Nikki Griffiths